Author: Kerry O'Malley Cerra
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Swim with the current, or go against the flow? Savannah has been feeling out of place ever since her family moved to Sandy Dune, Florida. She finds it easier to make friends with animals than people. Plus, everyone in Sandy Dune seems to love spending time in the ocean, and Sav never feels comfortable leaving the shore. When her classmate Tanner invites her to the opening of his family’s restaurant, Sav’s excited—until she’s served a bowl of shark fin soup. Sav has always been scared of sharks, but she’s horrified that they’re inhumanely killed for this expensive delicacy. Especially as she learns more about these surprisingly gentle creatures and discovers that some shark species are being hunted to the point of endangerment. Tanner’s family brushes off her concerns, but Sav resolves to stop them from serving the soup. To do that, she’ll have to learn how to use her voice and face her biggest fears.
Make a Little Wave
Author: Kerry O'Malley Cerra
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Swim with the current, or go against the flow? Savannah has been feeling out of place ever since her family moved to Sandy Dune, Florida. She finds it easier to make friends with animals than people. Plus, everyone in Sandy Dune seems to love spending time in the ocean, and Sav never feels comfortable leaving the shore. When her classmate Tanner invites her to the opening of his family’s restaurant, Sav’s excited—until she’s served a bowl of shark fin soup. Sav has always been scared of sharks, but she’s horrified that they’re inhumanely killed for this expensive delicacy. Especially as she learns more about these surprisingly gentle creatures and discovers that some shark species are being hunted to the point of endangerment. Tanner’s family brushes off her concerns, but Sav resolves to stop them from serving the soup. To do that, she’ll have to learn how to use her voice and face her biggest fears.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Swim with the current, or go against the flow? Savannah has been feeling out of place ever since her family moved to Sandy Dune, Florida. She finds it easier to make friends with animals than people. Plus, everyone in Sandy Dune seems to love spending time in the ocean, and Sav never feels comfortable leaving the shore. When her classmate Tanner invites her to the opening of his family’s restaurant, Sav’s excited—until she’s served a bowl of shark fin soup. Sav has always been scared of sharks, but she’s horrified that they’re inhumanely killed for this expensive delicacy. Especially as she learns more about these surprisingly gentle creatures and discovers that some shark species are being hunted to the point of endangerment. Tanner’s family brushes off her concerns, but Sav resolves to stop them from serving the soup. To do that, she’ll have to learn how to use her voice and face her biggest fears.
The Little Wave
Author: Pip Harry
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702262358
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A moving and heartwarming verse novel from CBCA shortlisted author Pip Harry about friendship, new experiences and staying true to yourself. When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves.Noah is fearless in the surf. So where does his courage go when his best mate pushes him around?Lottie loves collecting facts about bugs, but she doesn't know what to do about her dad filling their lonely house with junk.Jack wants to be a cricket star, but first he has to improve at school. Especially if he wants to see the ocean for the first time.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702262358
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A moving and heartwarming verse novel from CBCA shortlisted author Pip Harry about friendship, new experiences and staying true to yourself. When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves.Noah is fearless in the surf. So where does his courage go when his best mate pushes him around?Lottie loves collecting facts about bugs, but she doesn't know what to do about her dad filling their lonely house with junk.Jack wants to be a cricket star, but first he has to improve at school. Especially if he wants to see the ocean for the first time.
How to Make a Wave
Author: Lisa Hurst-Archer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780889953956
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
2009 Calgary Library Foundation Literary Awards: Best Child or Teen Book finalist Delia keeps people away - she thinks she's ugly, she thinks her family is weird; her mom took off and went to India when Delia was a little girl. Delia keeps her distance from others though she has a good friend in Aunt Shirley who helps her to realize that all people have hurts and problems. Through her conversations with Shirley and her explorations in art class, Delia uncovers memories of a car accident, which lead her to discover a hurtful secret at the centre of her family. Shirley is compassionate and honest, though she doesn't allow Delia to wallow in self-pity and anger. She shares with Delia her own hurts and disappointments and so does the art teacher, Ms. Murti. Delia discovers that she's been self-absorbed and has built walls to separate herself from others. Gradually, she is able to accept truth, and to be honest about her pain. She is able to consider that life is full of terrible beautiful aching mystery and that sometimes a coincidence is more than coincidence, it may have to do with something greater, with the alignment of universal forces - with the making of a wave.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780889953956
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
2009 Calgary Library Foundation Literary Awards: Best Child or Teen Book finalist Delia keeps people away - she thinks she's ugly, she thinks her family is weird; her mom took off and went to India when Delia was a little girl. Delia keeps her distance from others though she has a good friend in Aunt Shirley who helps her to realize that all people have hurts and problems. Through her conversations with Shirley and her explorations in art class, Delia uncovers memories of a car accident, which lead her to discover a hurtful secret at the centre of her family. Shirley is compassionate and honest, though she doesn't allow Delia to wallow in self-pity and anger. She shares with Delia her own hurts and disappointments and so does the art teacher, Ms. Murti. Delia discovers that she's been self-absorbed and has built walls to separate herself from others. Gradually, she is able to accept truth, and to be honest about her pain. She is able to consider that life is full of terrible beautiful aching mystery and that sometimes a coincidence is more than coincidence, it may have to do with something greater, with the alignment of universal forces - with the making of a wave.
On a Wave
Author: Thad Ziolkowski
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In this wry and exhilarating coming-of-age story, a prizewinning poet poignantly looks back at his adolescent surfing years. As a disenchanted, unemployed English professor, Thad Ziolkowski decides one day to sneak away from his temp job in Manhattan and catch a wave off a dingy Queens shoreline. In the meager cold waves, he contemplates how he could have possibly become a semidepressed, chain-smoking, aimless man when, for a few shining years of his boyhood, he was invincible. His lapsed love affair with the ocean begins amid the late-sixties counterculture in coastal Florida. After his parents’ divorce, nine-year-old Thad escapes from his difficult family—notably a new brooding and explosive stepfather—by heading for the thrilling, uncharted waters of the local beach. In the embrace of the surf, he is able to stay offshore for years, until his life is upended once again, this time by a double tragedy that deposits him at a crossroads between a life in the waves and a life on land. Lyrical and disarmingly funny, On a Wave is a glorious portrait of youth that reminds readers of Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life and Frank Conroy’s Stop-Time. “A sharp, self-conscious portrait of the artist as a young grommet.” —The New Yorker
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In this wry and exhilarating coming-of-age story, a prizewinning poet poignantly looks back at his adolescent surfing years. As a disenchanted, unemployed English professor, Thad Ziolkowski decides one day to sneak away from his temp job in Manhattan and catch a wave off a dingy Queens shoreline. In the meager cold waves, he contemplates how he could have possibly become a semidepressed, chain-smoking, aimless man when, for a few shining years of his boyhood, he was invincible. His lapsed love affair with the ocean begins amid the late-sixties counterculture in coastal Florida. After his parents’ divorce, nine-year-old Thad escapes from his difficult family—notably a new brooding and explosive stepfather—by heading for the thrilling, uncharted waters of the local beach. In the embrace of the surf, he is able to stay offshore for years, until his life is upended once again, this time by a double tragedy that deposits him at a crossroads between a life in the waves and a life on land. Lyrical and disarmingly funny, On a Wave is a glorious portrait of youth that reminds readers of Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life and Frank Conroy’s Stop-Time. “A sharp, self-conscious portrait of the artist as a young grommet.” —The New Yorker
My Life with the Wave
Author: Octavio Paz
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 068812660X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A boy befriends a wave at the seashore and brings her home.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 068812660X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A boy befriends a wave at the seashore and brings her home.
A Little White Shadow
Author: Mary Ruefle
Publisher: Wave Books
ISBN: 1933517034
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An exquisite art book of gentle and elegant found poetry.
Publisher: Wave Books
ISBN: 1933517034
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An exquisite art book of gentle and elegant found poetry.
One Wave at a Time
Author: Holly Thompson
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807561134
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
After his father dies, Kai experiences all kinds of emotions: sadness, anger, fear, guilt. Sometimes they crash and mix together. Other times, there are no emotions at all—just flatness. As Kai and his family adjust to life without Dad, the waves still roll in. But with the help of friends and one another, they learn to cope—and, eventually, heal. A lyrical story about grieving for anyone encountering loss.
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807561134
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
After his father dies, Kai experiences all kinds of emotions: sadness, anger, fear, guilt. Sometimes they crash and mix together. Other times, there are no emotions at all—just flatness. As Kai and his family adjust to life without Dad, the waves still roll in. But with the help of friends and one another, they learn to cope—and, eventually, heal. A lyrical story about grieving for anyone encountering loss.
Waves and ripples in water, air and aether
Author: J.A. Fleming
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1171850514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1171850514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Collier's
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The Big Wave Method
Author: Mark Visser
Publisher: Hay House
ISBN: 1401953204
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Each of us has a big wave--a dream that seems to be at the edge of what's possible, that resonates deeply in our hearts, and would require all of our heart and soul to accomplish. If we're successful, we're transported far beyond who we thought we were and where we thought we would be. But to get there, we have to overcome our greatest fears and uncertainties. In order to surf Jaws at night in Maui, one of the most treacherous waves in the world, internationally renowned big wave surfer Mark Visser had to map out a plan. He knew he had to prepare for and accept the unpredictable so that he could achieve the unbelievable. And he knew his method had to be as practical as it was true to his passion. With a clear vision and a voice as bold as his personality, Visser outlines the eight steps he took to conquer his biggest challenge yet and that you can take to carve out your own path to success.
Publisher: Hay House
ISBN: 1401953204
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Each of us has a big wave--a dream that seems to be at the edge of what's possible, that resonates deeply in our hearts, and would require all of our heart and soul to accomplish. If we're successful, we're transported far beyond who we thought we were and where we thought we would be. But to get there, we have to overcome our greatest fears and uncertainties. In order to surf Jaws at night in Maui, one of the most treacherous waves in the world, internationally renowned big wave surfer Mark Visser had to map out a plan. He knew he had to prepare for and accept the unpredictable so that he could achieve the unbelievable. And he knew his method had to be as practical as it was true to his passion. With a clear vision and a voice as bold as his personality, Visser outlines the eight steps he took to conquer his biggest challenge yet and that you can take to carve out your own path to success.